Events of Wednesday, August 9, 1961 (original) (raw)
Events of Wednesday, August 9, 1961
Events of Wednesday, August 9, 1961
8-8-1961 8-10-1961 8-9-1960 8-9-1962
KC A 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 7 2 BAL A 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 4 1
BOX+PBP WP: Walker (5-8) LP: Fisher (5-11)
MIN A 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 4 10 0 BOS A 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 x - 5 10 1
BOX+PBP WP: Conley (6-10) LP: Kralick (10-8) SV: Fornieles (11) HR: Lemon (11)
DET A 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 - 8 11 0 CHI A 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 0
BOX+PBP WP: Lary (16-6) LP: McLish (7-11) HR: Kaline (15), Colavito (31), Landis (16)
WAS A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 1 CLE A 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 x - 3 8 0
BOX+PBP WP: Bell (8-11) LP: Gabler (3-4) HR: Zipfel (2)
LA A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 2 NY A 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 x - 2 5 0
BOX+PBP WP: Coates (8-3) LP: Bowsfield (8-4)
MIL N 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 4 1 LA N 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 x - 8 11 2
BOX+PBP WP: Drysdale (10-6) LP: Nottebart (3-6) HR: Adcock 2 (24), Snider (9), Drysdale (4)
CIN N 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 - 5 9 0 PHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 1
BOX+PBP WP: Jay (16-7) LP: Ferrarese (2-9) HR: Chacon (1)
STL N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 - 4 11 1 PIT N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 0
BOX+PBP WP: Simmons (7-7) LP: Gibbon (8-7) SV: Bauta (3) HR: Javier (2)
CHI N 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 - 5 10 2 SF N 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 - 6 11 0
BOX+PBP WP: Miller (9-3) LP: Schultz (5-3) HR: Rodgers (4), Anderson (1), M. Alou (6)
Standings At Close of Play of August 9, 1961
NL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Los Angeles Dodgers 107 67 40 0 .626 - 527 466 Cincinnati Reds 113 69 44 0 .611 1.0 526 480 San Francisco Giants 108 58 49 1 .542 9.0 541 463 Milwaukee Braves 106 54 51 1 .514 12.0 500 473 St. Louis Cardinals 109 55 53 1 .509 12.5 501 487 Pittsburgh Pirates 103 51 52 0 .495 14.0 487 469 Chicago Cubs 108 44 62 2 .415 22.5 498 583 Philadelphia Phillies 108 30 77 1 .280 37.0 400 559
AL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Yankees 112 74 37 1 .667 - 594 446 Detroit Tigers 112 71 40 1 .640 3.0 593 474 Baltimore Orioles 115 63 51 1 .553 12.5 493 447 Cleveland Indians 113 59 54 0 .522 16.0 543 517 Chicago White Sox 112 56 56 0 .500 18.5 531 523 Boston Red Sox 117 55 61 1 .474 21.5 530 593 Los Angeles Angels 112 47 64 1 .423 27.0 493 513 Washington Senators 109 46 63 0 .422 27.0 452 513 Minnesota Twins 112 47 65 0 .420 27.5 499 559 Kansas City Athletics 112 42 69 1 .378 32.0 474 617
Last Games on This Date
Team Player Name (Age) CIN N Pete Whisenant (31)
Transactions
New York Yankees signed Mike Hegan as an amateur free agent.